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Was the Green Lantern Ring Design Changed for the Upcoming Movie?

Images circulating the net have many fans wondering why Hal Jordan's ring doesn't look like the comic book version; was this design changed solely for the film?


Over the past several months, we've seen images that allude to a change in the ring design being used for Martin Capbell's Green Lantern film. The first being the revamped Lantern logo, which has a bejeweled center with a textured, metallic surrounding. The second being the newly revealed promotional artwork from Warner Bros. Consumer Products division; a homage to the popular Green Lantern comic cover pose.

This design has divided fans evenly. There are those who like the movie version of the ring and feel it will translate well to film; while others consider it a design failure that doesn't respect the source material, pointing out it's similarity to Green Lantern Kyle Rayner's ring or the Corps Honor Guard as apposed to the rounded-ring Hal Jordan wears in the modern comics. Though the ring may be "new" to some fans' eyes, it most definitely is not new to Green Lantern comics. As a matter of fact, that design is over 20 years old!

Below you'll find images, courtesy of SHH poster Mondragon, that reveal the origin of the movie ring. It appears the production designers dug into the archives to use the Neal Adams/Mike Grell comics run from the mid-1970s as a basis for Hal Jordan's intergalactic weapon:






Now that we know the ring is in fact actually based on Green Lantern mythology, and not some designer's unique experiment, fans should have a bit more hope that the studio has done their research.


MPP - Personally, I very much like the ring's look, at least from what we've seen. It can't look like something you can pick up at a flea market, so giving it an odd shape with an ancient feel is definitely a good thing.

Oh, and in case you were wondering if WBCP President Brad Globe was wearing a ring replica from the film in the License Magazine advertisement; it doesn't appear so. More than likely it is one of the rings from the Blackest Night Ring Spectrum Set, which not only light up, but will became available for purchase this July.






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62 Comments

I didn't initially care for the symbol that much, but on a ring, it actually looks pretty nice. I think it translates well and I am glad they did their homework for the design.

As far as those light up spectrum rings, those are bloody awesome and I would very much like to get one (or all). Who volunteers to be the first to buy one for me? :)
BigbyBadWolf - 6/8/2010, 8:20 AM
The ring in itself isn't an issue to me. Just as long as it doesn't look like it came from a Shreddies box as a marketing gimmick to get you to buy the shitty tasting cereal in the first place.

The chest logo and costume on the other hand has more pull in regards to my attention.
Shaman - 6/8/2010, 8:33 AM
those light up rings are like an updated version of the ones during blackest night event. as for the ring in the movie...IDC what its final design is aslong it looks awesome and true to the source
Aki87 - 6/8/2010, 8:35 AM
BigbyBadWolf - sure, I'll get you a ring but you may not like my handling charge!
Ron - 6/8/2010, 8:36 AM
Lame superhero, with out the ring Green Lantern is helpless.
Sithsidious66 - 6/8/2010, 8:37 AM
awesome find @Poni!!!!!
hopefully this film will start the integration of a United DC Filmverse!!!!!
bring on the Justice League!!!!!

btw
don't forget to check out Part VII of my Spider-man story here:
Wadey09 - 6/8/2010, 8:40 AM
I SO need to get those "Blackest Night" rings!!! they definitely kick the crap out of the older one I have. now what would really be cool was if they came with a life sized Lantern Battery. now THAT would totally own!!! as for the design I didn't really mind it much from the first time I saw it, what DOES bother me though is the little glimpse we get of the uniform in that redone cover image. whats with the lines? I thought they weren't going for an "armor" type look for the costume? Multi, do I REALLY need to bring this up again? you KNOW what I'm talking about, INSIDER!!! how much longer are you going to make us wait? I know you have a pic hidden somewhere on your hard drive, quite TEASING us God dam it!!! LMAO seriously though, whats with that armor? is that what the finished suite will look like? your the only one I trust for the answer to this, as I well know you are secretly working for WB ;)
johan02 - 6/8/2010, 8:41 AM
Pretty colors. =p
SirPrize - 6/8/2010, 8:42 AM
BigbyBadWolf- Personally, Ron has always handled my ring very well so i'd say it's worth the fee ;P
Shaman - 6/8/2010, 8:42 AM
I am kinda neutral to the whole ring subject. But if they did Hal Jordans "modern" ring in the comics it would look flat, like plastic. It needs to feel and seem epic. It is after all a source of terrible power and possibilites; a technological achievment far beyond everything else in existence. It needs to look kinda updated. Batman couldnt run around in a 60's spandex suit forever, the same for Hal Jordans ring and suit(CGI is MADE for this movie!). The ring looks good. It looks alien, cold and heavy, just like an object of such grandeur should!

Beware my power! - Coming 2011 - Marvel, look the f*** out!
Angelus - 6/8/2010, 8:43 AM
@Poni - Nice find, it's interesting that the ring in those pics also has the jeweled center. I'm not opposed to the ring design, especially the one in the promo art.

@johan02 - you're like a broken record, give us a break with the whole "Poni is an insider!1!!1!shift1" shtick.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 8:53 AM
Why change something as simplistic as the ring? That is crazy! Keep it together WB!!!!!
BigDB67 - 6/8/2010, 8:55 AM
@MPP: So the ring coming out July, will they be available only online, or comicbook stores, or will they be available everywhere?
airbeyonder18 - 6/8/2010, 9:00 AM
@airbeyonder18 - I know that my local shop ordered at least one, possibly two sets of the rings. So I'd say it's a good bet that most local comic shops will have them.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 9:05 AM
The RING don't bother me...

The CGI costume does! : P
LEEE777 - 6/8/2010, 9:09 AM
it should have a nice alien yet medeival look to it...im sure johns and guggenheim wont disappoint fans...moreso guggenheim
Anil Rickly - 6/8/2010, 9:10 AM
Sithsidious66- Superman's lame: without the sun he's helpless. So is Spiderman: without the spider bite he's helpless. The whole thing that makes him interesting is that GL is chosen by the ring. Other superheroes are just lucky and do the right thing. (Batman included; he's loaded.) That doesn't diminish any of them, but makes him unique and interesting.

The ring could have looked like cheap green plastic, so that will do fine. I just want to see how it's used.
Upupandaway - 6/8/2010, 9:11 AM
@John its a joke, he just seems to be able to get his hands on what would look like "insider" info I don't think Multi minds or he would have said so, but thanks for the UNNEEDED input friend
johan02 - 6/8/2010, 9:26 AM
@johan02 - I get that it's a joke, that's why I called it shtick... is a joke still a joke when you're the only one laughing?
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 9:34 AM
Deff loving the ring,I wonder what their gonna show @ comic con
ION76 - 6/8/2010, 9:37 AM
The ring seems fine but as my friend always says... Someone has to piss THEIR own scent over everything.
animeex - 6/8/2010, 9:50 AM
hey, sithsidious... the reason gl people like the character is that he ISN'T a "superhero..." he's a cop. he's a hard-working, well-trained, well-equipped law enforcement professional. and his lack of organic power is PRECISELY the appeal... in a sea of cosmic ray idiocy, inexplicably levitating bodybuilders from krypton, and asinine random mutations (hey everyone, i just randomly popped out a blue-skinned black-eyed two-toed devil-tailed teleporting baby... gee whiz!) GL is the only guy that didn't get powers from something completely retarded and nonsensical. yes the ring has been portrayed in a silly way sometimes, but the "alien technology" angle covers pretty much all the bases without resorting to whimsy and contrivance.
AlternateNo4 - 6/8/2010, 10:06 AM
@John is it REALLY that big a deal that it bothers you? think about THAT for a sec. if its really bothering YOU that much I'll knock it off. but I mean come on bro, I know hes probably NOT an insider but don't you find it a little unusual that he "just happens" to get in the god graces of a production assistant that "after a few drinks" takes him on a tour of of one of the most under wraps sets AND wardrobe departments? not to mention all the "exclusive" behind the scenes set pic like Abin Surs ship and Peter Sarsguard(not sure if that spelled right)walking out of his make up trailer half made up? its just, HONESTLY can has ANYONE else come up with that much ON SET footage? its just a little TOO convenient for me. with ALL THAT in mind you have to admit, when you get right down to it either he IS an insider or at the very least has a really good inside contact in witch case he just as good as an insider, right? but hey, whatever man, even though I mean it as a compliment if its REALLY that much of a bug up your a$$ then I'll give it a rest. also if you can think of any other way he might be getting all this awesome behind the scenes info I would LOVE to know.
johan02 - 6/8/2010, 10:08 AM
and sorry, but i for one grew up reading adams & grell and ALWAYS liked this bold, chunky, solid ring design, as opposed to the chintzy little disk that looked like it came from the pediatrician's treasure chest. i ESPECIALLY like the focusing lens which always seemed to make a lot of sense to me. and btw, that makes the design not 20 years old but more like 30 or 35! i know cb fans are pretty rigid, but you guys gotta give up on this one. that ring is awesome.
AlternateNo4 - 6/8/2010, 10:13 AM
@ AlternateNo4
Completely retarded and non-sensical? I, for one, think that genetic mutations aren't as whimsical as having energy displaying alien technology around your finger.
TheAntagonist - 6/8/2010, 10:57 AM
Nicely put @AlternateNo4
to add to what you were saying, Tony Stark is nothing without his suit, yet Iron Man is a cool concept for a superhero.
Regarding the ring design, I kind of like the concept, with the bejeweled center & texture. Looks like a powerful ancient artifact.
CeramycTyle - 6/8/2010, 11:02 AM
@johan02 - I'm not that bothered by it, it's just, you know, you're annoying. Most of those pics you mentioned (Hammond and the Ship) weren't taken by Poni himself. He's a great investigative journalist, is that so hard to believe?

@AlternateNo4 - I wouldn't call him a cop, they did that in First Flight and it ended up being "Cop Drama in Space" which was incredibly lame. Green Lantern is a superhero. I like the fact that the official synopsis for the film calls them a "brotherhood of warriors", which I think is better than "space cop". I think the "space cop" analogy has been used too much, and it makes them seem too mundane for a hero who has a ring that can practically do anything.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 11:02 AM
@DeadDrool
well the "retarded and nonsensical" line was aimed more toward silliness like superman and the fantastic four. but yes, i think even the mutations went way too far... sure i can deal with wolverine's super healing or xavier's telepathy, or evolutionary quirks like angel and beast... even rogue or kitty. but colossus? nightcrawler? STORM? like... seriously? a mutation that enables you to conjure a blizzard in august? how is that GENETIC? sorry, but the mutation thingy quickly turned into marvel's carte blanche... a blanket excuse to throw in anything they could think of. laser eyes? mutation. shapeshifting? mutation. incredible luck throwing PLAYING CARDS? mutation. all due respect but... gimme a break.
AlternateNo4 - 6/8/2010, 11:08 AM
@John I know those pics weren't taken by him, I just like to poke fun at the fact he gets all the really good INSIDE info. ya know man thanks alot I always got a little laugh out of that and it didn't really matter if anyone else did but you have just totally killed it, and now I'm in a bad mood all because YOU thought it was annoying WHAT EVER DUDE. WHATS THE POINT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF NOT TO ENJOY IT IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CAN??? I honestly think it kind of childish to be wearing a mask(not trying to insult just being honest for the record)but not once have I ever said anything to you or other "cosplyer" type CBM'er, and in all actuality I even did an article HIGHLIGHTING YOU and your fan made poster of Reynolds as GL cause I thought it was cool that a fellow CBMer was capable of such AWESOME work(not that alot of others aren't). Multi took it down cause he said it wasn't right I didn't ask you first but it was like 3 a.m. and you weren't on, but that beside the point. ya know what never mind dude, sorry I was such a pain in the a$$, just FOR YOU I won't have my little laugh anymore GOOD DAY SIR!!!
johan02 - 6/8/2010, 11:21 AM
@AlternateNo4 - Are you seriously having a discussion about the believability of superpowers??? Maybe comic books aren't for you :\ Every comic, every character, requires an incredible amount of suspension of disbelief. To say that one character is infinitely more believable than another (when superpowers are involved) is just silly.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 11:23 AM
There was a problem with the ring?
batfan39 - 6/8/2010, 11:28 AM
I didn't like the look of the ring from the pic on the right side of the top-most picture, but in the promo art it looks awesome IMO.
InTylerWeTrust - 6/8/2010, 11:34 AM
@interesting john
I LOVE THE POWERS! im not questioning POWERS or anything like that! but even WITH a suspension of disbelief, i find it insulting when origin stories fail to make a reasonable effort to explain stuff. when superman started out he was FINE... but THEN he was given flight, which was iffy. then flight turned into an ability to hover, float, drift gently through the air, etc... with NO explanation. as for the the xmen... like i said it was cool at first, but when the mutations became extreme, they strained the cover story. nightcrawler would have been awesome as an alien, a demon, a CHUD, or whatever. just not as a mutant.
AlternateNo4 - 6/8/2010, 11:38 AM
@johan02 - Maybe I'm just having a shitty day at work (I guess I am), so try not to take it too personally, after all I'm just some random guy on the internets.

I just felt like you needed to know that it was wearing on me (and I'm sure I'm not alone), but there's no need to get bent out of shape about it, and if it gives you a few giggles, go ahead and keep it up, I'll just sigh silently to myself ;)

I'm flattered, that you wanted to put your piece on me (that was for teabag :D) and thought I deserved some highlight, I'm sure Poni stopped you because he knows that I usually like to be notified when my stuff is being used.

I try not to let my ambient emotions intrude on my CBM posts, but I think my frustration today at work has peeked out. Sorry :D
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 11:42 AM
@AlternateNo4 - I'll agree that "mutation" has become a bit of a crutch.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 11:43 AM
@John its cool man, kinda the same here my boos is being a bit of a pain today(mostly the reason for that post), I never really thought weather or not others thought it funny or annoying, sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way I'll try not to do it as much. I just really want to see what the film costume will look like, as I'm sure you do, and I feel like Multi is the only person that would be able to get an image of the real thing.
also in all honesty I really do feel like the poster you did(Reynolds hovering above earth, don't know if you have done others I only saw the one)was really the only one I've seen that i thought "I wouldn't mind seeing something like that on the big screen" as far as the costume and over all like that is.
johan02 - 6/8/2010, 12:18 PM
@johan02 - well, hopefully Multi can bring us back some sweet pics/info from the Expo this week ;)
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 12:29 PM
"Dug into the archives" my ass.

It's not really a problem for me that they went with a Rayner design, but they made it look like chipped metal, and cracked stone, and ancient and all that nonsense. How easy is it to look at a comic book and see what a ring looks like, without changing it for "movie adaptation" reasons or whatever it is they're peddling.
Suffertree - 6/8/2010, 12:35 PM
@Suffertree for starters we don't even know if that logo(second pic on top of page, right side)for one IS the finished product as far as what will be used for promos and more importantly I doubt its what will be used for the ring. as far as the ring go all we have to go by is what is in the redone cover image(witch if you ask me is a dumbass way to do a teaser)so we really have NO CLUE what so ever as to what the final design will look like aside from the round about shape, witch IF YOU PAID ATTENTION this article has PROVEN is based off the comics.
@John my friend I have NO doubts about that! when he first said he was going my first thought was "thank god its Multi" anyone else I MIGHT doubt the validity of any pics or scoops. when it comes to GL Multi is really thre only guy I trust. I mean I read all the articles, but anything HE say I KNOW is true
johan02 - 6/8/2010, 12:45 PM
@johan02 - Buddy, you don't know the half of it ;) Go PoniBoy! :P
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 12:55 PM
I don't mind the texture and I like the shape but I just kinda wish that it was all green without the silvery metal look. I don't like it but I'll deal with it. I just wish it was completely green.
Joker1Zero - 6/8/2010, 1:20 PM
The tiny ring will probably have very few close up shots, so it doesn't matter much to me.
fanboiii - 6/8/2010, 1:22 PM
@Joker1Zero - Are you talking about the production logo? because more likely it will look like the promo art to the left, which I would say is 90% green. I wouldn't worry about it.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 1:37 PM
Great research!! The movie version (accurate or not) works a lot better for a 3 dimensional, constantly moving world. Now that you can say that it's based in the actual origin, that adds even more credibility to the interpretation.
Wesley Colvin - 6/8/2010, 1:43 PM
The rind design irked me at first but every time I see it, it grows on me more! I know there's always gonna be some changes between the 2 mediums, so I'm keeping an open mind! I have faith in Martin Campbell as a director and I like Ryan but he wouldn't be my first choice to play Hal. I kinda thought Mathew Fox would've been a decent choice. Overall I'm just stoked the GL film is finally getting made!!!!!
TheDoctorIsIn - 6/8/2010, 3:11 PM
i like fox but i just can't picture him as really capturing the "d-bag" side of hal out of uniform. hal has a reverence for life and equal rights (and he's always been a political progressive, especially during the GL/GA years) but he's still a tough, cocky, outspoken, wisecracking fighter pilot/test pilot type... and he's kind of self-impressed until he becomes aware of his place in the universe (both literally and figuratively.) i wasn't blown away by the reynolds choice at first but the more i think about it the more i think he's gonna nail it.
AlternateNo4 - 6/8/2010, 3:24 PM
I like the ancient textured ring Hal is wearing, so no trouble with that, but my main worry about this movie is the special effects team Sony Image Works. They should have gone with ILM or Weta. Imageworks has had great success with the Spiderman films, but look at the effects with I Am Legend or the wolves in The Day After Tommarow, just awful. This isn't even their best team of effects specialists. Am I the only one concerned about the visual effects team chosen for this film?
punisher23 - 6/8/2010, 3:41 PM
@AlternateNo4 - Actually, Hal was the hardball conservative "government man" to Oliver Queen's more liberal, "socially conscious" robin hood. In fact, the whole point of the "Hard Traveling Heroes" was that Ollie wanted to expose Hal to the less-fortunate and downtrodden.

The Johns run has seen Hal turn into more of a rebellious character.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 3:58 PM
@punisher23 - Even if the team they've picked haven't been great in the past, who was leading them? Because they've got a host of award-winning talent leading the teams. I'm not very worried about it.
InterestingJohn - 6/8/2010, 4:01 PM
I love rings :)
teabag - 6/8/2010, 5:52 PM
@interestingjohn
guess i may as well admit i was wrong... just reading through some old stuff because of your comment, and it DOES seem like hal and i would have voted very differently after all! i'm 41 and jumped into the series right in the middle of HTH, which was the story that hooked me in the first place. i slowly gathered up the earlier books over time but i guess i've always been left with the "after" image in my mind rather than the "before." other GL elements like stewart--esp in mosaic, of course--also brought the title toward the left, but yeah, hal's definitely not the reason. at least not in the early years!
AlternateNo4 - 6/8/2010, 6:34 PM
@interestingjohn
Yeah I was talking about that. Hopefully you're right.
Joker1Zero - 6/8/2010, 7:24 PM
@Johan02
It's called "Charisma"
gtrman - 6/8/2010, 7:25 PM
Dammit!! I bet the Blackest Night Spectrum Rings won't come out in my country!! Can someone buy the entire set and send it to me?
PieFace - 6/8/2010, 9:15 PM
The ring really doesn't bother me. I'm more concerned on how the story will play out and how the special effects will look. If those things come together, then I don't see how this movie will disappoint...especially with Geoff Johns overseeing it.
KalEl84 - 6/8/2010, 9:18 PM
check out the cool link http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Green-Lantern-ring--including-a-glow/
PieFace - 6/8/2010, 9:21 PM
@Alternate4
LOL! I completely get what you mean about people like Storm and Cyclops. I've always wondered the same thing about Storm in the back of my mind.
TheAntagonist - 6/9/2010, 6:55 AM
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FifthSun - 6/9/2010, 6:59 AM
Seinfeld: "Elaine, you could be dating the Green Lantern!"

Elaine: "Which one is he again?"

Seinfeld: "Green suit! Power ring!"

Elaine: "I don't care for jewelry on men."
MatchesMalone - 6/9/2010, 9:20 AM
I just saw that episode the other day! The homeless/married guy! Ahaha! Seinfeld is awesome, Green Lantern is awesomer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angelus - 6/10/2010, 4:55 AM
@Sithsidious66 - You're calling GL 'lame'? I hope you do realize that Thor without his powers is just another man, just like Wolverine would've died a thousand times over already without his healing powers, just like most superheroes without their powers are just 'useless'. What's your point?
Protonite - 7/18/2010, 7:21 PM

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